I have written the following bit of emacs lisp that allows hl-line to extend past end of buffer to the rest of the line.
Problem is, this only works if I use (eval-buffer) after start-up and not when I have it saved inside my .emacs file.
I have also modified linum.el so that every line the cursor is on displays the line number (based on the relevant portion from emacs-wiki).
However,
I doubt that could cause this sort of difficulty.
Basically I am trying to make the current highlight line act more like contemporary editors.
(defvar-local hl-line-after-cursor nil
"Overlay used by Global-Hl-Line mode to highlight the current line.")
(defun my-hl-line-after-current-line()
(if (eq (line-end-position) (point-max))
(progn
(setq hl-line-after-cursor (make-overlay (line-end-position) (line-end-position)))
(overlay-put hl-line-after-cursor 'after-string
(propertize (make-string (- (- (window-text-width) (- (line-end-position) (line-beginning-position))) 2) (string-to-char " "))
'face hl-line-face 'cursor 1))
(move-overlay hl-line-after-cursor (line-end-position) (line-end-position))
)))
(defun my-hl-line-after-unhighlight ()
"Deactivate the Hl-Line overlay on the current line."
(when hl-line-after-cursor
(delete-overlay hl-line-after-cursor)))
(add-hook 'pre-command-hook #'my-hl-line-after-unhighlight nil t)
(add-hook 'post-command-hook #'my-hl-line-after-current-line nil t)
my init file
(debug)
(setq user-full-name "YOUR NAME")
(setq user-mail-address "YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS")
;;
;; Basic Setup
;;
(prefer-coding-system 'utf-8)
;; Shorten yes-or-no prompts
(fset 'yes-or-no-p 'y-or-n-p)
;; This code stashes backups in ~/.emacs.d/backups
(setq backup-directory-alist '(("." . "~/.emacs.d/backups")))
;; This code removes the ugly tool bar
(tool-bar-mode -1)
;; Matching parenthesis highlight
(show-paren-mode 1)
;; Show line numbers
(global-linum-mode 1)
;; Set window title to full file name
(setq frame-title-format '("Emacs @ " system-name ": %b %+%+ %f"))
;; Set up smooth scrolling
(setq redisplay-dont-pause t
scroll-margin 1
scroll-step 1
scroll-conservatively 10000
scroll-preserve-screen-position 1)
;; get rid of the scroll bar boxes
(scroll-bar-mode -1)
;; Set the tab width to 2 by default
(setq-default tab-width 2)
;; No dinging during exceptions
(setq visible-bell 1)
;; Enable keybinding to Caps Lock key
(setq w32-enable-caps-lock nil)
;; Highlight current line
(global-hl-line-mode +1)
(require 'package)
(setq package-archives '(("gnu" . "http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/")
("marmalade" . "http://marmalade-repo.org/packages/")
("melpa" . "http://melpa.org/packages/")))
(package-initialize)
(add-to-list 'custom-theme-load-path "~/.emacs.d/themes/")
(load-theme 'solarized t)
(custom-set-variables
;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom.
;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
'(custom-safe-themes
(quote
("a8245b7cc985a0610d71f9852e9f2767ad1b852c2bdea6f4aadc12cce9c4d6d0" default))))
(custom-set-faces
;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
)
;; The default "C-x c" is quite close to "C-x C-c", which quits Emacs.
;; Changed to "C-c h". Note: We must set "C-c h" globally, because we
;; cannot change `helm-command-prefix-key' once `helm-config' is loaded.
(global-set-key (kbd "C-c h") 'helm-command-prefix)
(global-unset-key (kbd "C-x c"))
(global-set-key (kbd "M-x") 'helm-M-x)
; (add-to-list 'load-path "~/site-lisp/wolfram-mode-master/")
; (require wolfram-mode)
; (autoload 'wolfram-mode "wolfram-mode" nil t)
; (autoload 'run-wolfram "wolfram-mode" nil t)
; (setq wolfram-program "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Wolfram Mathematica")
; (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.m$" . wolfram-mode))
; (setq wolfram-path "C:\Program Files\Wolfram Research\Mathematica\10.4") ;; e.g. on Linux "~/.Mathematica/Applications"
;(overlay-put (make-overlay (line-end-position) (point-max)) 'after-string (propertize " " 'face '(:background "gray50" :foreground "black")))
(defvar-local hl-line-after-cursor nil
"Overlay used by Global-Hl-Line mode to highlight the current line.")
(defun my-hl-line-after-current-line()
(if (eq (line-end-position) (point-max))
(progn
(setq hl-line-after-cursor (make-overlay (line-end-position) (line-end-position)))
(overlay-put hl-line-after-cursor 'after-string
(propertize (make-string (- (- (window-text-width) (- (line-end-position) (line-beginning-position))) 2) (string-to-char " "))
'face hl-line-face 'cursor 1))
(move-overlay hl-line-after-cursor (line-end-position) (line-end-position))
;(overlay-put hl-line-after-cursor 'priority -50)
)))
(defun my-hl-line-after-unhighlight ()
"Deactivate the Hl-Line overlay on the current line."
(when hl-line-after-cursor
(delete-overlay hl-line-after-cursor)))
(add-hook 'pre-command-hook #'my-hl-line-after-unhighlight nil t)
(add-hook 'post-command-hook #'my-hl-line-after-current-line nil t)
UPDATE: Below is my best attempt, stefans tip definitely helped as did Drews but its not quite bullet-proof yet.
(defun my-hl-line-after-current-line()
(unless (eq (current-buffer) (window-buffer (minibuffer-window)))
; (if (eq (car (window-margins)) nil)
; (setq linum/margin 0)
; (setq linum/margin (car (window-margins))))
(setq hl-line-after-cursor (make-overlay (line-end-position) (line-end-position)))
(let ((win (- (window-width) (if (= 0 (or (cdr fringe-mode) 1)) 1 0)))
;(let ((win (- (window-text-width) linum/margin))
(line (- (line-end-position) (line-beginning-position))))
(overlay-put hl-line-after-cursor 'after-string
(if (> win line)
(cond
((eq (line-end-position) (line-beginning-position)) ;; Sub-if-then
(goto-char (line-beginning-position))
(propertize (make-string (- win line) (string-to-char " "))
'face hl-line-face 'cursor 1)
)
((eq (line-end-position) (point-max)) ;; Sub-if-then
(propertize (make-string (- win line) (string-to-char " "))
'face hl-line-face 'cursor 1)
;(move-overlay hl-line-after-cursor (line-end-position) (line-end-position))
)
(t ;; Else
(propertize (make-string (- win line 1) (string-to-char " "))
'face hl-line-face 'cursor 1)
))
nil
)))
))
(defun my-hl-line-after-unhighlight ()
"Deactivate the Hl-Line overlay on the current line."
(when hl-line-after-cursor
(delete-overlay hl-line-after-cursor)))
(add-hook 'pre-command-hook #'my-hl-line-after-unhighlight)
(add-hook 'post-command-hook #'my-hl-line-after-current-line)
I had to utilize a "cond" statement to get around some weird issues that were popping up, I'd go into detail if my wife wasn't rushing me to pack. (to see it, just comment out the first block of the cond and look at the right margin). But the above works for the most part.
Things I have been unable to solve are:
- proper scaling with text (zoom and un-zoom)
- automatically updating after a window size change.
any help/suggestions for that part are greatly appreciated!
-update 2: I also noticed that typing "f" causes the line to bink for a moment, none of the other letters typed do this. Also for whatever reason I notice that the above works in my spacemacs config on my usb drive but not my installed config on my laptop, (I have to comment out first part of "cond")
(debug)near the file top, to debug when loading. Also, when do you turn onhl-line-mode?require-final-newlinetotand not have to worry about highlighting past eob?)(debug)just before the code you are interested in. But without debugging, try turning onglobal-hl-line-modeafter your code that tweaks that highlighting, not before.